General
Pasi Rinne
20.12.2019
The UN Climate meeting in Madrid failed in reaching a comprehensive deal, but agreed that we all need to do more. What does this mean? Can we avoid the havoc of uncontrolled global warming? Is there a role for the intergovernmental process?
Industry & Technology
Ylva Gilbert
20.12.2019
There are huge challenges ahead if we want to hit the SDG targets within the next ten years. The only way to overcome these challenges is by harnessing the power of industry.
General
Lauri Larvus
17.12.2019
Industries are moving towards carbon neutrality, and they are doing it fast due to developing regulation and increased business opportunities. Some companies are even going beyond – re-thinking business impacts through handprint and introducing targets for climate positive business.
Industry & Technology
Solveig Roschier
06.11.2019
There is a lot of talk about reducing CO2 emissions but much less data available and used to back these discussions. The European Commission Joint Research Center JRC Ispra (Italy) air quality laboratory is an ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) Class 2 Atmospheric Station and it has been benchmarking the impact of policies on air quality and climate change for more than 30 years.
General
Markus Klimscheffskij
04.11.2019
How come WeWork raises 13 billion dollars in a blitz for renovating real estates that it doesn’t even own, while the Green Climate Fund scrapes together just below 10 billion from leading economies of the world?
General
Lauri Larvus
09.10.2019
Global brand owners, retailers, industrial companies and their suppliers are growing their businesses through introducing sustainable and innovative solutions to the market – and they are doing it together. It is clear that more value for business and improved customer experience can be generated through sustainability.
General
Kaisa Hietala
19.09.2019
I considered consulting, reviewed number of consulting companies globally, and found the best near to me. Gaia may look like a smallish Finnish company, but in fact it operates globally and embodies an unbelievable range of deep, science-based expertise in different fields. The same cannot be said about even the largest international consultancies.
Financial Services
Gaia pressroom
30.07.2019
Our future, and the future of the next generations, is determined by what we do with our money today. Not only on how we consume it, but how we save and invest it.
General
Lauri Larvus
03.06.2019
The transition to a low-carbon circular economy is taking place as we speak. The switch is truly and deeply needed. Last year, 1st of August marked the on which we had used the ecological resource budget for the whole year and exceeded Earth’s annual capacity to regenerate those resources.
Financial Services
Mikko Halonen
28.05.2019
Our new report with New Climate Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers highlights Nordic opportunities to provide leadership in the Global Climate Action Agenda (GCAA).
General
Pasi Rinne
16.05.2019
The year 2018 was important and successful for Gaia. In addition to reforming the organization, Gaia had more than 200 customers and business consulting grew strongly. In 2019, Gaia is more robust and ready for growth. Katriina Juntunen brings along particular expertise in change management. This enables Gaia to further increase the impact of its services.
General
Pasi Rinne
18.03.2019
Sustainable business consulting in the emerging markets is one of the growing business areas of Gaia. Population growth, urbanization and climate change are paramount challenges and require quick scale up of sustainable solutions to generation of income opportunities, clean energy, water, food and safe infrastructure.
Energy
Suvi Häkämies
12.03.2019
Gaia koordinoi merituulivoimaan keskittyvää, yritysten muodostamaa Baltic Offshore Wind (BOW) -ekosysteemiä, jonka tavoitteena on rakentaa uusia yritysten väliseen yhteistyöhön, monipuoliseen osaamiseen ja kustannustehokkuuteen perustuvia merituulivoiman kokonaisratkaisuja.
General
Ulla Heinonen
04.03.2019
Vastuullinen liiketoiminta on kannattavaa. Väitteen osoittavat todeksi useat viimeaikaiset tutkimukset ja kirjoitukset. Muun muassa Financial Timesissä ja Harvard Business Review:ssä nostetut tutkimukset osoittavat, että pitkällä aikavälillä vastuullisuus tuottaa kannattavuutta ja kasvua – sekä minimoimalla riskejä että luomalla avauksia oikeasti uudelle liiketoiminnalle.
Developing Markets
Paula Tommila
22.01.2019
When travelling across southern and eastern Africa, it is evident that farming is a critical livelihood for people, yet there is plenty of room for improvement in productivity and efficiency of land use. Together with global population growth and increasing consumption, sustainable ways for increasing agricultural production are desperately needed.
